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Eye issue limiting in poet (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dickinson

'poet' is the definition.
(Emily Dickinson 1830-1886)

'eye issue limiting in' is the wordplay.
'eye' becomes 'dick' (private detective).
'issue' becomes 'son' (issue can mean someone's offspring).
'limiting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'dick'+'son'='dickson'
'dickson' enclosing 'in' is 'DICKINSON'.

(Another definition for dickinson that I've seen is " Emily ---, US poet".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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